---
title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Embed_AutoStart"
---
import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### Who does this affect?

* Blind people using screen readers

### Why is this important?

Audio that plays automatically when landing on the page makes it difficult for users to hear the speech output from a screen reader at the same time.

</Column>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

<div id="locLevel"></div>

### Check there is mechanism available to pause or stop and control the volume for the audio that plays automatically
Mechanism must be available to pause or stop and control the volume of the audio that plays automatically

[IBM 1.4.2 Audio Control](https://www.ibm.com/able/guidelines/ci162/audio_control.html) | [WCAG 2.1 technique G170](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G170)

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

* If possible, do not play audio automatically when landing on the page;
* OR, play audio that automatically turns off after three seconds;
* OR, provide controls at the top of the web page that can turn off or pause the audio, and control its volume.


</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)